Women's Lightweight Crew

Women’s Crew Teams Place 13 on CRCA Scholar Athlete List

Jul 14, 2014

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A total of 13 members of the MIT women's openweight and lightweight rowing teams were honored for their academic success by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) when the organization released its list of Scholar Athletes for 2014. Seven members of the openweight team made the list and were joined by six rowers from the lightweight team.

To be eligible for the Scholar Athlete award a student-athlete must have met all of the eligibility rules as defined by her institution, be in their second, third or fourth year of eligibility, rowed in her institution's NCAA or IRA eligible boat(s) for a minimum of 75% of the spring races or racing in a regional conference event and had a 3.5 (4.0 scale) or higher cumulative GPA for her career.